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An alleged victim of sexual assault by two University of Iowa football players was encouraged to keep the matter in-house, according to a letter released by the woman's mother.
The alleged victim, a student athlete, said she was sexually assaulted by former football players Cedric Everson and Abe Satterfield on the morning of October 14, 2007. Her mother said that within 36 hours of the incident, her daughter told her version of the events to five athletics officials.
They advised her to let the athletics department take care of the situation, her mother said. "If she chose to go formally, which was explained as an in-house process but going outside of the athletics department, she would be looking at a long, arduous process ... She was really encouraged to try the informal route first," according to the letter.
The mother sent a letter chronicling her frustration with the university during the week of November 19. She did not receive a response, she said. The mother sent another ...